I walked for miles down a stream in the Lake District the other day, a journey that surely merited an encounter with one of my favorite birds, the dipper.
But as nature is inclined to do sometimes it left me wanting, so I delved into RSPB-images today to take a digital look at what I missed out on in real life.
This brave little soul is perched on the edge of what must seem like a raging waterfall to a creature this size.
A brilliant moment caught for us by Mike Lane for RSPB-images.com.